CRAIG BROWN: Call the police! There's been an abducktion

Abducktion: The removal of a duck or mallard against its will - just one of the words which should be added

Collins English Dictionary has announced it will be including the word ‘adorkable’, meaning ‘adorable dork’, in its next edition. The following new words are queuing up to be included in the edition after that...

Abducktion: The removal of a duck or mallard against its will.

Absendee: Chat-show host who hasn’t been seen on television for several decades.

Adageo: Slow movement played by elderly musician.

Adaptable: Piece of furniture with a flat horizontal upper surface that can be employed in a variety of different ways.

Adaptition: A book or play that has been made more suitable for the screen by the insertion of extra nudity. ‘I welcome Ken Russell’s raunchy new adaptition of Jane Austen’s Sex And Sensibility.’

Adamnant: Offensively insistent. ‘While the umpire declared the ball out, John McEnroe was adamnant that it was in.’

Addertive: Snake serum added to food or beauty product.

Addindum: Very loud supplement to a book or document. ‘I can’t hear myself speak, thanks to that ear-splitting addindum.’